960620: ASOS commiss-Hutchinson, Olathe (fwd)

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON DC
940 AM EDT THU JUNE 20 1996
ATTENTION ALL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ OFFICES/
FAMILY OF SERVICES SUBSCRIBERS / NOAA WEATHER WIRE
SERVICE SUBSCRIBERS / NWS CUSTOMERS AND OTHER USERS
SUBJECT ASOS COMMISSIONING NOTICE...
..... NOTICE .....
ANOTHER MILESTONE IN THE AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVING SYSTEM
/ASOS/ PROGRAM WILL BE REACHED ON JUNE 20... 1996 WHEN THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE /NWS/ AND THE FEDERAL AVIATION
ADMINISTRATION /FAA/ COMMISSION THE FAA-SPONSORED ASOSS AT
HUTCHINSON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT /HUT/
HUTCHINSON... KANSAS
JOHNSON COUNTY EXECUTIVE AIRPORT /OJC/
OLATHE... KANSAS
THE COMMISSIONINGS WILL OCCUR AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 UTC.
THIS WILL BRING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF COMMISSIONED ASOSS TO 271
/189 NWS SITES AND 82 FAA SITES/. COMMISSIONING OF THESE SITES
MEANS THAT THE ASOSS WILL PRODUCE AUTOMATED... AROUND-THE-CLOCK
SURFACE AVIATION OBSERVATIONS.
THE NWS FORECAST OFFICES RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE SITES... AS
WELL AS THE ASOS OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER /AOMC/ IN
SILVER SPRING... MARYLAND... WILL MONITOR ASOS PRODUCTS AND
COORDINATE MAINTENANCE ACTIONS AS NEEDED. NOTE - BECAUSE ASOS
OBSERVATIONAL FORMATS ARE DIFFERENT FROM MANUAL OBSERVATIONAL
FORMATS... AUTOMATED DECODER PROGRAMS MAY REQUIRE SOFTWARE
MODIFICATIONS.
PERSONS WISHING MORE INFORMATION CONCERNING ASOS SHOULD
CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OR CALL /301/
713-1792... FAX /301/ 713-0959.
FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FUTURE ASOS COMMISSIONINGS...
CALL /301/ 713-0070.
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